Sunday, December 18th, 2022
Messi conquers final frontier as Argentina crowned FIFA world champions
DOHA: Argentina beat France in the penalty shootout of the FIFA World Cup 2022 final on Sunday at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium to become the winners. The final went to a penalty shootout on Sunday after it finished 3-3 in extra-time. The match ended 2-2 after 90 minutes but Lionel Messi poked in a goal to put Argentina 3-2 ahead in the 108th minute before Kylian Mbappe completed his hat-trick two minutes before the end of extra-time.
CM Elahi reminds ‘ungrateful’ PTI of Bajwa’s favors, warns it to keep criticism ‘within limits’
LAHORE, DEC 18: Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi on Sunday reminded the “ungrateful” PTI about the “favours” of Gen (R) Qamar Javed Bajwa upon the party and warned it to keep criticism of the former army chief “within limits”. In an interview with ARY News programme The Reporters, Elahi said the PTI should “remember Bajwa sahab’s favours and not be ungrateful”, adding that the former army chief “elevated the party’s stature from nothing” and supported the government on many international matters such as negotiating procurement of funds from Pakistan’s Arab allies or the InternationalRead More
Chaudhry Shujaat tasked with ‘blocking assembly dissolution’
LAHORE, DEC 18: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) senior leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has been tasked with preventing the Punjab Assembly from being dissolved at the hands of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), well-placed sources revealed. The development came during multiple meetings between Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari and Shujaat Hussain. PM Shehbaz and Asif Zardari decided not to contact Parvez Elahi until a green signal is received from Shujaat Hussain, the sources added. Following the huddle, Zardari also called on Hussain and discussedRead More
Aromatic flavored tea attracts tea lovers in chilly weather
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 (DNA) — With the onset of chilly weather, aromatic flavored tea available at the eateries ranging from the small kiosks to the big restaurants in the federal capital is attracting a large number of tea lovers, especially youngsters. Tea is one of the most frequently consumed beverages in Pakistan like in other parts of the world as any official or private gathering remains incomplete without a hot cup of tea. Black tea, spiced tea, green tea, Kashmiri tea, and ‘Doodh Patti’ were the varieties liked by mostRead More
Rift found among PTI leaders on assemblies’ dissolution: Jaffar
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 (DNA) — Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) central leader Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal on Sunday said that difference of opinion had been found among the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders over the dissolution of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies. In a statement issued here, he said that the dissolution of two provincial assemblies would be a last blackmailing tactics of Imran Khan, assured that he would not dissolve both the assemblies and only playing a reprehensible politics on the issue for his political survival. Terming the Imran Khan’sRead More
World Cup of firsts ends with clash of titans
DOHA – There is no new name on the trophy and many of football s global superstars are taking their final bow but the most controversial World Cup in history will be remembered as a tournament of firsts. The build-up to Qatar was overshadowed by allegations of corruption, mistreatment of migrant workers and criticism of the Gulf state s human rights record from the moment it won the bid in 2010. FIFA president Gianni Infantino made an impassioned defence of the World Cup on the eve of kick-off, blasting the “hypocrisy” ofRead More